JHR Developments’ Joseph Loake claimed his third pole position of the year in qualifying at Brands Hatch this morning, in a session which ended early due to barrier damage.
Loake had set his time inside the first nine minutes of the session, and held onto it as drivers improved their times, but the session was concluded with four minutes remaining after separate offs for Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Souta Arao and Douglas Motorsport’s Tymek Kucharczyk.
Loake therefore topped the session, over a quarter of a second clear of Rodin Carlin’s championship leader Callum Voisin, with Elite’s McKenzy Cresswell and Arden VRD’s James Hedley getting times in before the red flag to go third and fourth fastest.
The second JHR car of Matthew Rees was fifth quickest, half a tenth ahead of another title challenger in the form of Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Alex Dunne.
Rodin Carlin’s John Bennett enjoyed his best qualifying since the first Silverstone visit, registering the seventh fastest time and less than a tenth ahead of Chris Dittmann Racing’s Zak Taylor.
Bennett’s teammate Costa Toparis and Kucharczyk completed the top-10, which was covered by less than a second.
Voisin meanwhile claimed pole position for race two, based on his personal second quickest lap time, which was just 0.019 slower than his quickest, putting him at the head of the grid for tomorrow morning’s contest ahead of Loake.
Cresswell and Rees are next up on the race two grid, ahead of Hedley and Dunne, with Toparis, Taylor, Kucharczyk, and David Morales (JHR) filling the top-10.
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch GP Qualifying result:
1. Joseph Loake, JHR Developments, 1m19.132s
2. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, +0.278s
3. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.302s
4. James Hedley, Arden VRD, +0.429s
5. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.527s
6. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.578s
7. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +0.789s
8. Zak Taylor, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.885s
9. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +0.931s
10. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.932s
11. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +1.005s
12. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +1.022s
13. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +1.099s
14. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, + 1.122s
15. David Morales, JHR Developments, +1.128s
16. Max Esterston, Fortec Motorsport, +1.239s
17. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +1.610s
18. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +1.708s
19. Lucas Staico, Douglas Motorsport, +1.714s
20. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.729s
21. Arthur Rogeon, Chris dittmann Racing, +2.009s
22. Shawn Rashid, Douglas Motorsport, +2.012s
23. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +2.141s
24. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +2.192s
GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, Brands Hatch qualifying provisional second fastest times (race two grid):
1. Callum Voisin, Rodin Carlin, 1m19.429s
2. Joseph Loake, JHR Developments, +0.211s
3. McKenzy Cresswell, Elite Motorsport, +0.212s
4. Matthew Rees, JHR Developments, +0.234s
5. James Hedley, Arden VRD, +0.278s
6. Alex Dunne, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.353s
7. Costa Toparis, Rodin Carlin, +0.739s
8. Zak Taylor, Chris Dittmann Racing, +0.769s
9. Tymek Kucharczyk, Douglas Motorsport, +0.819s
10. David Morales, JHR Developments, +0.921s
11. Oliver Stewart, Elite Motorsport, +0.957s
12. Souta Arao, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +0.994s
13. John Bennett, Rodin Carlin, +1.003s
14. Jarrod Waberski, Fortec Motorsport, +1.013s
15. Max Esterson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.229s
16. Edward Pearson, Fortec Motorsport, +1.438s
17. Nico Christodoulou, Arden VRD, +1.458s
18. Lucas Staico, Douglas Motorsport, +1.480s
19. Michael Shin, Hitech Pulse-Eight, +1.690s
20. Gerrard Xie, Hillspeed, +1.748s
21. Arthur Rogeon, Chris Dittmann Racing, +2.025s
22. Daniel Mavlyutov, Hillspeed, +2.117s
23. Shawn Rashid, Douglas Motorsport, +2.152s
24. Noah Ping, Arden VRD, +2.240s